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Welsh Number Plates Go Under The Hammer
An number plate auction was held this month at the Swansea-based personalised registrations' office. Amongst the available plates were a series of special Welsh-inspired number plates, including WEL 5H.
The personalised number plates team, part of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), joined forces with Welsh boxer Joe Calzaghe to help promote the auction.
The auction was held at the Celtic Manor hotel near Newport, South Wales, on April 16-18, and featured around 1,500 special number plates, including include BAN 9OR (Bangor), CLW 7D (Clwyd), NEA 7H (Neath), and MEG 44N (Megan).
The WEL 5H number plate fetched a massive £27500, although this is a little less than the £7 million paid recently by billionaire businessman Saeed Abdel Ghaffar Khouri for a car number plate bearing simply "1".
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